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June 17 2010- Press Release: Gun lobby sole representative of civil society on Canadian delegation at UN. ...Click here

June 2010- SECU Committee recommends that the House of Commons do not proceed further with Bill C-391"because the Committee has heard sufficient testimony that the bill will dismantle a tool that promotes and enhances public security and the safety of Canadian police officers". ...Click here

June 11 2010- Press Release: Victims of Montreal’s Dawson College, Concordia University and Ecole Polytechnique shootings ask Jack Layton to help stop Bill C-391. ...Click here

June 10 2010- More than 630 women leaders from across the country have issued a joint appeal to NDP leader Jack Layton demanding that his party vote against Bill C-391, which would abolish the national long gun registry. ...Click here

May 2010- Conservative MP confirms Bill C-391, which repeals the registration of rifles and shotguns, is just the first step to dismantling Canada's gun controls ...Click here

May 2010- List of witnesses that appeared in front of the SECU Committee on Bill C-391 ...Click here

May 2010- Brief to SECU by Suzanne Laplante-Edward, Anne-Marie's mother ...Click here

May 2010- Testimony before the Parliamentary Committee of Chief William Blair, Chief of Police Toronto Police Service, President Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police ...Click here

Brief: “Costs of Gun Violence and the Impact on Victims” ...Click here

New Study by the Institut de santé publique du Québec - Estimates 2,100 lives saved since the implementation of the Firearms Act ...Click here

Press Releases archives are available here


NDP urges MPs to keep gun registry
Parry Sound-Muskoka Cottage Country Now, June 17, 2010 ...download pdf

Editorial: Missing the mark
North Shore News, June 11, 2010 ...download pdf

Gun registry advocates appeal to NDP
CBC, June 11, 2010 ...download pdf

Editorial: Gunning for Truth
Hamilton Spectator, June 7, 2010 ...download pdf

NDP controls gun registry's fate
National Post, June 5, 2010 ...download pdf

Future of gun registry is in Layton's hands
Winnipeg Free Press, June 4, 2010 ...download pdf

Key gun-registry report was delayed
Red Deer Advocate, May 30, 2010 ...download pdf

Police chief insulted by ‘false accusation’ by Tory MP; Liberals demand Tory MP apologize for “smearing” Bill Blair
Toronto Star, May 28, 2010 ...download pdf

Gun-registry program costs drop
Calgary Sun, May 28, 2010 ...download pdf

Study shows that since the Firearms Act came into force in 1998, there has been an average decrease of 250 suicides and 50 homicides by firearms in Canada each years.
Metro (translation), May 26, 2010 ...download pdf

Victims, Chiefs of Police and Public Health Experts urge MPs not to scrap the gun registry
Toronto Sun, May 26, 2010 ...download pdf

Canadian Police Association President writes "The CPA has worked very positively with the current government (...) But when it comes to the long-gun registry, we respectively agree to disagree."
Winnipeg Free Press, May 21, 2010 ...download pdf

News archives are available here


Since 1989, the Coalition for Gun Control has worked to reduce firearm death, injury and crime in Canada. Its 350 supporting organizations include the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the Canadian Public Health Association, the Canadian Criminal Justice Association, women’s groups, victims groups, and others.

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